Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the days when Lewis Carroll wrote these stories , people who made hats were considered to be mad , because of the fibrous fumes they inhaled . |
| 2 | That is : given characteristics are attributed to the entire population of Shetlanders and to the entire population of incomers : any differences which exist within the category are differences in degree of applicability . |
| 3 | They argue that lots of imported scrap is , in fact , highly contaminated with heavy metals ; and that much ‘ recyclable ’ waste that crosses borders is going to importers with no means or intention of recycling it . |
| 4 | Press releases are sent to all local media in advance , and can be very successful in generating local interest before the sales team |
| 5 | It is recommended , for reasons of control and manageability that the number of individually nominated entries is limited to 50 at any one time . |
| 6 | The upper tailplane featured the elevator , while trimming tabs were fitted to the lower shorter-span tailplane , the whole being well braced to the rear hull section . |
| 7 | Telephone and fax lines are supplied to each berth , along with water and electricity , and on shore there are toilets and showers , a launderette and a 20-ton hoist . |
| 8 | They say resources are stretched to breaking point — administrators say there 's little they can do without more money to pay for new buildings . |
| 9 | The principal question , whether the serfs were to be emancipated at all , had been answered , for after the circulation of the Nazimov Rescript to provincial governors and its publication in the journal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs there was no doubt that the relationship between landowners and privately owned peasants was going to be put on a new footing . |
| 10 | Time and again Lear 's long , witty , and entrancing letters were responded to , if at all , by what Lear called ‘ a nasty abortion of a note ’ . |
| 11 | But health and safety experts say the law is flouted regularly by traders , for example : Environmental health officers in Mid-Bedfordshire found sandwiches being delivered to a petrol station in the back of a car , instead of a refrigerated van . |
| 12 | As I saw it , supply siders were dedicated to capitalist wealth distribution , whereas the politicians were dedicated to socialist wealth redistribution . ’ |
| 13 | It requested donations be sent to the Imperial Cancer Research Fund . |
| 14 | Review visits were made to the University of Greenwich and the Mackintosh School , the Glasgow School of Art/Glasgow University . |
| 15 | In all cases , focus preferences were taken to be strong , so that a binary plausibility check , rather than ‘ special mode ’ inference , was assumed . |
| 16 | Even curse tablets are limited to the human reactions to theft and perjury and the instant demand for painful retribution , echoed throughout the primitive world . |
| 17 | These linear relationships are plotted in Fig. 1 where both the consumption and saving relationships are seen to be straight lines . |
| 18 | Operating losses were cut to £11.6m from £18.8m and group sales actually improved by a tenth to £399m , helped by favourable exchange rates . |
| 19 | Now , aspiring judges are called to a room at the western end of the Palace of Westminster overlooking the Thames , and , seated on chairs stamped with the gilt portcullis , interviewed about their suitability for the job . |
| 20 | In the ECM the avoidance of reserve requirements , etc. , permits the payment of higher interest on deposits ( competition forced these cost savings to be passed on to depositors ) while large loans are arranged in many cases by telephone or telex , and thus operating costs are kept to a minimum . |
| 21 | Confirming the mood of gaiety , passing modulations are confined to sharp keys . |
| 22 | Subject to availability , those being made offers are invited to an Open Day during the Spring Term . |
| 23 | The hotplate is deep and rounded eliminating grease traps and the four equally rated burners are sealed to the hotplate well so spills ca n't sleep below . |
| 24 | A spokesman for the National Farmers Union in Oxfordshire says members are encouraged to be very careful to avoid slurry leakage . |
| 25 | Various grown men were seen to be weeping and Columbia Records have since been inundated with complaining telephone calls . |
| 26 | Benefit cuts are expected to be a critical part of the autumn public spending statement to be made by Chancellor Norman Lamont next week . |
| 27 | The report says drugs were used to sedate troublesome patients . |
| 28 | In the meantime , the injured driver and GAB workers were attended to by a first aider by GAB and then sent to hospital by ambulance . |
| 29 | These pop icons are elevated to the pantheon of public attention and encouraged to Live Fast , Die Even Faster — preferably within inking distance of the tabloid press and/or Albert Goldman . |
| 30 | Telesquash rallies are restricted to a maximum of 15 strokes — the server wins the point if no-one hits a winner — and thus the format encourages attacking play . |